• An Original, New Orleans Resin-Made Decor Piece
• Represents a Well-Known Mardi Gras Tradition
• Shaped as a Miniature Skull Replica
• Handmade-Locally Using Doubloons

• Used Mardi Gras as a Decor Piece
• Purple, Green, and Gold Doubloons
• Clear Epoxy Resin w/ a Glass-like Finish
• Note: No Skull will Look Exactly the Same

All handmade items are created by us locally in New Orleans, LA. Please allow up to 2-3 weeks for production and shipping. 

A tracking number will be provided to your email from shipping carrier once item(s) have been shipped. 

You can email us at: nolakulturedesign@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

• Mardi Gras Doubloons are Mardi Gras shaped like coins that commemorate various Mardi Gras Krewes. They are typically made of aluminum and are thrown from floats in carnival parades. The first doubloons used as throws from parades of Mardi Gras Krewes date to 1960, and these early doubloons are collectables.
• Mardi Gras doubloons were first created by New Orleans artist and entrepreneur H. Alvin Sharpe in 1959. 
• Sharpe had his own metal dies for striking the doubloons from aluminum blanks. He presented a design to Darwin Schreiver Fenner, who was the captain of the Krewe of Rex. the leading Mardi Gras organization of the time.
• As a result of the presentation, Schreiver personally financed production of 3000 doubloons for the 1960 Mardi Gras year, although the Krewe of Rex produced 80,000 undated doubloons using Sharpe's design, all minted by a firm in Ohio.
• The Holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in all of Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through the day before Ash Wednesday.
• Usually there is one major parade each day (weather permitting); many days have several large parades.
• The largest and most elaborate parades take place the last five days of the Mardi Gras season. In the final week, many events occur throughout New Orleans and surrounding communities, including parade and balls.
• The colors of Mardi Gras purple (justice), gold (power), and green (faith.)